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[brook] / brʊk /




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Four of the offences included discharging higher-than-permitted levels of cyanide into the Manchester Ship Canal, a nearby river and a local brook.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

People kept stopping to talk to him, although they mostly made small murmuring noises, like the fake brook that runs through a suburban shopping center.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

Her partner, Art Linfoot, built the house they lost, a cabin with a wraparound porch and a year-round brook where deer drank and the sound of the water lulled the couple to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

“It’s like a movie set,” Bifano said, gesturing to the elegant barn, brook, bridges and all the plants that tie them together.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

I had spent many hours there fishing for brook trout with David and Joseph; and although there were no fish left since the war, I remembered the course of the stream bed.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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